Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 50, Number 24, Jasper, Dubois County, 28 February 1908 — Page 2
A Prayer
An forth I fare Gin-ronquerlnR, When 1 have found H. Let me not luck for tone und slln Till 1 have downixl It, Kor lt mtiu n with plaudit rln 'itll I have foutKl It. Teach me to K straight through h thing And nut a round ti. Cloa to my lljw Uf' liinrle hrimc And lot in ouiid It. And lay my Hf down for my Klnn When I-or Im rrown! It. -CUrem I'rtny. In Upplnoott'a.
THE ZOO MAN By ELIZABETH MICHELS
"Yw, I remombor " said the man. reflectively. Ho stood between the children a. bay and a girl leaning on a fenco in tlif park In ago he looked about 40, or diHunpuishod appearance soldtor11, ,. and ho gave me the impression of hfttiR niif of those who Is in comp'To smpathy with the young. Ken before I heard his soft, earnosf Mdee I was eonvineed of this; for th boy -onstanr!y regarded him nfffttsnnately out of great, grove eyas, aal 'he Rirl had an unconscious habit o: sl.jiping her ur. hand into his. t . ,k 'I VhV i I if Ib-v is one of those things that a.- ;i clothes !asket and sin;, and V.. r."i.' that it makes is the cause o' . .n:hijuakes an effect that it conS'jr.t . ttrtngs." Po made the -Uiim.-ioal .statemer, t ft. -.1 a sincenr of tone that would , haw- b.-en coi..inc.nS to th- least in: au native of juvenile minds. Here, j Uf wax eiu-uii u.t-uiuifa iw "".' ejtiii aihetic ones. The boy gave a n i - f comprehension. Like at San Francisco. The II e must hae sung very loud, tl. i'.uh '
I'.assoon pla;. ing had something to J ensMj between the children was pardo with it. ' said the man. admirably j ricularly lively. Hut there, as well a.-ct-'.iealing every vestige of cynicism. I in tho j ;on i,0Uge, on account of the -There was a mare'' people and the noise. I could catch lit Hi paused. I felt sure he was a ; 0 of the,r talk when, again, 1 had born story teller and was with diffl- j the opportunity of listening it was in
CUTtv controlling a propensity to wunder into fantastic by-paths. What became of the clothesbasket ?"' Inquired the girl. "I think they were taken to tho Jar anese laundry, and used as schoolrooms for the children." he answered. ' Or Bwal lowed up when the earth opened." suggested the boy. ' Yes It's very sad to see the poor creatures without anything on," admitted the man. "Never mind, they'll soon bo measured for new ones '' sympathized tho girl as she took his hand. They moved on, stopping at an enclosure a little way off. "You like the goata." she urged They're so silky and tame." Yes." he agreed. rtut they got fractious sometimes." Fractious moans broken, doesn't It" ' asked the boy. "N'n' wh-n you tnlk about goats." repl.-'' !" ;.ian with decision. "They ? r-K V . . . An r They Moved On. always como off scot free. The ono I'm thinking of did." "Tell us about him?" cooed tho girl. "Once." began the man. "a nannygoat wanted a ride, so she sat on a brrmsttck astride, but it started so Qui k that she fell otf the stick right on a policeman who dlud!" "What did thoy do with him?" wondered the hoy. Th'-y burled him on tho hlro-sys-tern. " confided the mnn. ' I know. In bits. Serve him 1eht!" asserted the girl. "Why?" asked the boy with surjpifse For Kettln' In the way," was her ii ar answer. I don't suppose he did that on put-pos-." debuted the hoy. That t'.oosn t matter," Haiti sho. Iii M)oili. everything:" rfpdlt it! How? Tho man put just the right touch of wondor Into the qu' suon. It showed what ho could -lo in the way of stimulating tho childish p hkI. I envied him tho gift. V hy." explained tho girl, "If tho roll'-eman hadn't got in the way, think h .w the Kont would have bouncod!" True," UHtod tho man. "I na vor Ähought of thnt." I was not near enough to catch tho fanciful thluga that passed between , the trio for somo time atlur this; butj
in the marsupial section I managed to get within hearing distance again. The boy was speaking. "When he sits up like that he looks like n hansou cab." "That reminds me.' rejoined the man. "A very large male kangaroo had a pouch that was licensed for two: and, once, for n fare, he'd a tortoise and hare. This really o'aco happened it's true!" The boy pondered the circumstance for awhile. "I thought it was only the mothers who had pouches." he hazarded. "The one I'm speaking of had all 1 improvements." ventured .. the man. "I know." nodded the girl. "He was a taxametet '." "Of course, the tortoise won," de claretl the bo . ..No. eonteaMfd tUc Inan The, race ,ad U) be dec,ared otf bt,Ci4U8e lhe knnRamo sUljded." ..,t fc s expensive rid.. rnnimpittoH fh.. irlrl "I think it was only a trial run." said the man. In the Elephant bouse he must have made up something more than usually grotesque, because the discussion that thft Pomr,nrarU-i .solitude of th Zebra yards. They were manifesting extreme interest H the Quaggas. "They were soldiers once," the man was saying. "Of course; look at their strlires." quoth the boy. The girl Vegan spelling out the descriptive notice th;it is aHlxed to the fence. 'From South Africa:" she exclaimed. "Where they In the war?" "Yes. in the transport department," rejoined the man. "It happened near the Vaal." "Plooso go on." was urged. "A Quagga who wasn't afraid, narrated the man, "was always the first on parade, but whon fighting; began he got Into a van, which he drove a long dlstanci for aid." "Ah, a turning movement: Good man!" rema ked the boy. "So he got the D. C. M.." augmented the man. The boy began thinking. "Yes," said h' . present y. "The Distinguished Conduct Medal. Of course:' "No Distiict Court Marshal," corrected the man. "Poor thlrg:- murmured the girl. ' And now he't in lager." "Oh. no." bjected the man. "This is the Lower House, you know. He was elected to it by Het Volk, and " The Quag 91 raised his unmusical voice. He's speaking now. Hush!" admonished the man. ' Politics?" whispered the boy. ' Yes suffragettes:" adventured the girl. Th'-a she said something about Home," and they went off at a brisk pae.- A. I strolled in their wake I ft p K:atfful 'or the glimpse I had h"d of the devotion which childhood can tnspiro in tin heart of a groA-n man; of tlx magic sensibility that onables the adult mind to see things with the eyos of youth. The afternwm was drawing in, and the people were stroamlng through tho gateway when I reached It. As I mingled with them on my way out there was a touch upon my arm and, turning. I looked down Into tho uplifted oyos of the i;lrl. Such pleading eyes, each with a tear trembling on the long lashos. Hy her side was tho boy looking deeply concerned. "Pleaso, plonso, help us to find father!'' sho Implored. "We've lost him!" Sho saw at once that I was ready to obey her, and, putting hor hand In mine, led me away while sho poured out her foam for her father's safety. Of personal anxiety there was not a traces. Tho reason followed quickly. A blow on the head from a Boor rltlo while ho was defending a wounded comrade had destroyed his reason Onco withdrawn from their protection ho was Irresponsible helploas as child. All day I had been Inbortnj; under a delusion. Tho man was their clmrpe, not they his. It was they who had boon omlcavoring to stimulate his fan elf til imagination, and so provide him with eutortainment; and I had boon docolved hy his unconscious humor. When we found him wandering about aimlessly, as wo did within ftvo minutes, tho girl's rellof wna Intense. "My tlatiln?!" she sobbed, trying o get her small arms round hint. "My poor dear!" Ho showed no feeling at the reunion, made no remark, merely fell f step between his small pt; "rtors ani left the gardens with ono ,. ihem on ei 'aer sido guarding him tcad.ih.
'PEOPLE TO BLAME
HAVE THOUGHTLESSLY AIDED IN CENTRALIZING INDUSTRIES. EVILS NOW CLEARLY SEEN Unequitable Distribution of the Earnings of the People Inevitably Followed Growth of Small Towns and Communities Retarded. During the last few months of 1907 the people had a striking oxaraplo of tho effects of too much centralization. Whilo all over the United States the-e was prosperity, a few pntbarrassed concorns in Wall street. New York, brought about a financial stringency that becanio generally felt. For years the agricultural sections have been sending money by the millions to the groat financial centers. Here It was used for the building up of great rusts and combinations, which wore groatly overcapitalized. On this watered capitalization the people have been compelled to nay ponderous dividends. One natural law is that of coacentmliiaiiou, segregation, and in these matters Nature carries on Its work well, but unnatural concentration, like other infractions of natural laws, bring quick punishment. The centralization of industries which has been going on since the trust era started has brought about an unequitable distribution of 'he earning of the people. It has retarded the growth of towns and communities. It has brought in Its wake many evils that affect workers in every field. Yet for these evils the masses of people are to blame. Every" man. woman and child who labors and who sends the products of that labor to other places than the home community assists Just so much In centralization of business and financial power. Every resident of a rural community who snds his dollars to the large city helps along the trust builders and the centralizers. White the mall-order evil Is one that is serious, it is only so as it is a means of centralization of business, and tho consequent sapping from communities the wealth that should be retained in them. Tho commercial enterprises are the life elements of the rural towns. When these enterprises are destroyed, the town deteriorates. With the disappearance of the town goes the home markets, the good schools and the churches and the other public conveniences that the town affords. With the going down of the town, real estate values are depreciated, and depression comes to all the community. How would the farmers fare If the towns were wiped out and only the large cities allowed to exist? What kind of markets would the farmers bnvc for all their produce? How does the avorage farmer find dealing with city concerns at the present time? When a shipment of eggs Is made to the city commission man. does tho farmer get as good returns as he does from tho home dealers? How about other produce? It Is the home markets that afford the growers of produce protection. Whon the calm thinker who is engaged in agriculture considers all these little matters, he will find that in home patronage lies the keystone of his success. How would the agricultural districts be as living places were there no bosse towns? But this is what the situation would be If all the people of a community sent to Kome foreign place for all the goods required. Home is a word dear to all good citizens. That man lacks patriotism whose inclination it is to oppos? the progress of the place where he resides. By malting better the home town, we are improving the community of which we are a part. We cannot Improve without benefiting ourselves. We cannot slvo patronate to concerns in the largo cities without giving Jost so much help to the trust builders and the business centralizers. All these tiling are worthy of the most serious consideration of every citizen. Adulterated Foodstuffs. The chemist in charge of the laboratory of the deportment of agriculture at Chicago has been pay'rjg careful attention to the purity o! foods. Recently he made a statement that one great spice company annually ground up 000 tons of cocoanut shells and flavored the same with essential oils and then sold the powdered stuff for pure spices. He related about another concorn which sold $100.000 worth of spices annually, only five per cent of which were pure. The common articles used for adulteration of spices are sawdust, brick dust, burnt grains. cocoanut shells and other kinds of shells and barka. It Is the aim of the United States government to put an end to this adulteration of foods. Since the govornment has become active In tracing down such frauds a number of unscrupulous grocery bouses hare been compelled to go oat of business. Reputation Worth Acquiring. Townspeople owe it to themselves to t!ld up a reputation for hospitality. They should ever welcome the n s. dents of the surrounding country to hcir town. But hospitality alone i!J t.nt win. Poople have their eyos on the mighty dollar, and If In addition to hospitality the town secure a wiae reputation as a good market i lure where epgs and butter bring a few cents a pound more than In some othor town, It will work wonders in drawing patronage to the place Clont, and well iavd streets Itidlcat" the cool rharaftr of citizens hvicu in a oiace.
BUILDING UP THE CHARACTER.
A Few Wordi to the Youth Who Ww jld Make the Most of Life. It I well that the majority of uj value being wvll thought of. Few yowag men. anxiovs to make the most of life, cure to havo what is commonly known as a "bad ropuutioa." Do you. young man, ever stop U think that there are immutable laws that control the univorse and all therein? Do yos ever consider that light is only the evidence of a Wtntinous body? That the brilliancy of the diamond is merely tho rays reflected from the perfectly crystallzed carbon? Reputation is only tho reflection from character as It is variously pmjected upon the screen of public opinion: but reputation Is not character, any more than the light is the luminous body, bat Is merely the effulgence, the rosult of character. Tho Imitation diamond for & time mny rival In splendor and brilliancy tho reflections of light of the genuine gem. but this brilliancy is soon dulled. The same with reputation, which sometimes attaches to character which will not stand the test of time or the scrutiny of the exacting: eye ot Justice. Week after week vre read in the pages of the press of the downfall and disgrace of mea high In public estimation, and who. until their duplicity was exposed, were men of most excellent reputation reputation redected falsely from an unclean character. Character is the moid of moral consciousness. It Is the outgrowth o! the heart carefnlly nurtured by truth and love asd directed by intelligence solely Influenced by that which is moral In man. It is by reputation that we are to be judged by those with whom we are thrown In eithe: business or social intercourse. Our own acts are the standard by which we will be either praieed or con demned. Our own acts are the Indien tioas of the spirit within. Though w may be most excellent la character, sometimes we may be falsely estimat ed; may acquire through some misun deratood circumstance a reputation un desirable. But character ever counts It is sure to bring to the front its worth. The diamond may be robbed of its brilliancy for a lime by grinw and dirt, but it is nevertheless a dia mond. Your true worth may be obscured for a time, but it is sure to become known. Character Is the greatest thin; the young man has to guard. It Is the only sure foundation upon which hopes can be rightly based. He who Is trne to himself cannot he untrue to others. Would you hare character and repu'ation. you must work, constattly. unceasingly, as conscience becomes deadened and degenerate when not exercised, and conscience directs the building of character. There are qualities in man that mark his greatness and his superiority the moral and the mental, and It is by the exercise of those that greatness and success are gained. AUTOMOBILES FOR THE FARM. Tillers of the Soil to 3e on Equality with People of Tovms. Ono of the large companies ongaged in the manufacturing of farm machinery proposes placing on the market at an early date an automobile especially designed for farm use. This machine will be sold at a reasonable price, and will be put out la various styles ranging from a runabout to a heavy farm truck, which the farmer can use la traasnortinf; his grain and other produce to the markers. Transportation of farm produce to the railroad stations and the markets is a question of economy. It is estimated that at the present time it coets the farmer aVtut nine cen's per h'.ndred pounds to carry his grain a distance of IS miles to the railroad station or market place. It Is expected that the installation of automobiles for hauitng purposes will decrease the expease to tare or four cents per hundred pounds. The coming c the farm automobile mean fur ther improvement of roads. Already the automobile and the rural delivery of mall has worked wonders In the way of stimulating interest In road Improvement Once the farmers become automobile users they will be more energetic workers, in fact, onthuslasts for high-class highways. Another use of the automobile in agricultural districts is its employment by merchants for delivering goods to patrons In the country- In a number of eastern states enterprising merchants send out their clerks with automobiles in the morning to solicit the orders of the people residing on the nearby farms, and use the automobile for delivering goods la the afternoon. Merchants who have adopted this plan have found It profitable and their business groatly Increased, not considering the advertising received by this laaovatioa.
Where Some Citizens Fail In Duty. Many who hare succeeded upon the farms roraorc to the near by town to n joy life, perhaps to give to their children the adraaUises that the good c'toolg of tie place afford. It Is too often the caso that these people fail to become the raodl town citlzenf they should be. While they are desirous of having nil the advantages t?at the town hau to olW they are adverse to doing that which means Its Improvement and upbuilding. These classes are the "moss backs, the ones who think that they have done their duty toward theuielvs and their fellow men when they manage to earn sufficient on the farm so that they can cease work. It may bo Jhelr privilege to quit laJbor. hut tht show a poor and lowly spirit vVr -r: v fail to give tho town which ". ' as a some place th s ! s ; bato fmm mm Af Its nltlzan
HOW DO THEY GET IN?
Physlolofllcal Problem That Nora Could Not Solve. A Philadelphia physician tolls of an amusing conversation between two Irish girls in domestic service who, while on the board walk at Atlantic City one day not long ago. woro exchanging views as to their various physical ailments. -It's a sthrango thing, ain't It, Norah." asked ono of the girls, "how manny new koinds of diseases people get these days. Only this mor min' I wore readln' an advertisement of a new mldlcine. It said It wore wonder rful for a sluggish liver." "Gwan!" oxclalmod the other girl, scornfully. "Liver troublo nn't no new dtsaso. Me own grandfather was bavin' liver troublo whin 1 were not moro'n tin years old." "Maybe." was tho lnconic response "nut." added Norah. "what I want to know Is: how do thim slugs get Inside the liver, anyhow?" Illustrated Sun day Magazine. ECZEMA FOR 55 YEARS. Suffered Torments from Birth In Frightful Condition Got No Help Until Cuticura Cured Him. "I had an itching, tormenting eczema ever since I came Into the world, and I am now a man 85 years old. I tried all kinds of medicines 1 heard of. but found no relief. I wns truly In a frightful condition. At last I broke out all over with red and white boils, which kept growing until they were as big as walnuts, causing great pain and misery, but I kept from scratching as well as I could. 1 was so run down that I could hardly do my work. I used Cuticura Soap, Ointment. Resolvent, and Pills for about eight months, and I can truthfully say I am cured. Hale Bordwell. Tipton, la.. Aug. IT. 1907." I cheerfully endorse the above testimonial. It is the truth. I know Mr. Dordwell and know the condition he was in. Nelson R. Burnett. Tipton, la." TOO MUCH. Eddie I don't mind so much dat I quit smokin' 'cause you ast me ter, bat ter be refused after I'd gone an washed me handsome face fer a week straight well, honost, I didn't think it nf yer. Modus Vivendi. The handsome but Impecunious young chap who had married tho rich and elderly widow began to hint that it was time to give htm the control of her funds and the management of her estate. "Lanncelot. she said. "I shall allow you a sufficient Income for the supply of your wants, but I expect to keep my business affairs in ray own hands. This is not a consolidation. This is a limited partnership " No man 13 measuri by his failures; Ii nutations show the way to attainment, nor by his successes; the best Is capable of infinite expansion. Steele. , WHAT CAl -KS HKADAt III. ! FmoOptiilwr In Jtu .1 -4 arc ? tttOHl frei n'l'r-KofUtau-ue. LaXATIVK 11BOMO ! vtIXINErHMtfc-uu K.W SroTFOti botSte I It Is ur tn the df-ntal studrnt to take , drawing I i5 . as ALCOHOL-3 PER CENT ANJctablc Preparation Tor Assimilating rheFood and Regulating the S romachs and BohvIs of Promotes Digestion,Chcrfulrvess and Rest Contains neither Opium .Morphine nor Mineral Not "Nah c otic. A perfect Remedy for Constipation. Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsions .FevcrishncssandLosSOFÄEEP JC Simile Signature of Tin: Cektauh Company. NEW VORK. guaranteed under the Fwodaj Exact Copy of Wrapper.
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